Lin has turned down most interview requests, including David Letterman, but spoke to the newspaper on the condition that he only be quizzed about his faith.

After being dumped by the Warriors and not getting any real chance to make the Houston Rockets roster in the brief preseason, Lin almost took a long vacation from hoops.

"At the time, I was thinking if this doesn't work out, I maybe needed to take a break from basketball," Lin told the paper. "I put in four months of training. I felt like I worked harder than anyone else. And now I was fighting for a chance to practice. I was questioning everything."

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That didn't stop when he got to New York.

"I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks," Lin said. "There was definitely a little bit of 'What's going on?' in my prayers."

While some high school basketball teammates enjoyed a party or two, "Jeremy was known for teaching the Bible to kids and spending time with his family," according to Brad Lehman, who played with Lin at Palo Alto High.

Lin isn't just a basketball player, of course; he's also trying to handle the pressure of overnight celebrity. But he says he's got a plan to deal with it.

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Even Yankees captain Derek Jeter has fallen for the underdog sensation of the Knicks. "It’s always fun anytime there’s a new guy, especially in New York, they tend to get pretty excited about it," Jeter told the New York Daily News. "He’s brought some excitement to the Knicks."